This ppt describe how to manage wastes in hospital setting either hazardous or non hazardous wastes. prepared by Ashok Kumar

1. BIOMEDICAL WASTE
MANAGEMENT
PREPARED BY
MR ASHOK KUMAR
NURSING OFFICER
DR RML HOSPITAL NEW DELHI

3. “LETTHEWASTESOFSICKNOT
CONTAMINATETHELIVEOFTHE
HEALTHY”

4. DEFINITION
According to Bio-Medical Waste(Management & Handling)
Rules, 2016 of India, Bio-medical waste means-
“means any waste, which is generated during the diagnosis,
treatment or immunization of human beings or animals or
research activities pertaining thereto or in the production or
testing of biological or in health camps, including the categories
mentioned in Schedule I appended to these rules..”

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7. BIOMEDICAL WASTE CATEGORIES AND
THEIR SEGREGATION, COLLECTION,
TREATMENT, PROCESSING AND DISPOSAL
OPTIONS.

12. CHEMICALAND LIQUIED WASTES
(g) Chemical Waste:
Discarded disinfectants
Yellow coloured
containers or
non-
chlorinated
plastic bags
Disposed of by incineration
or
Plasma Pyrolysis or
Encapsulation in
hazardous waste
treatment, storage and
disposal facility.
(h) Chemical Liquid
Waste :discarded
Formalin, liquid from
laboratories and floor
washings, cleaning,
etc.
Separate
Collection
system leading
to effluent
treatment
system

19. CONCLUSION
Lets make this world a better place to live
in.
Please manage waste properly